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Prediction of Neurological Outcome After Cardiac Arrest: Is Serum Procalcitonin the Future?

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  1. Medical Intensive Care Unit, AP-HP, Cochin Hospital, 27 rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques, 75679, Paris Cedex 14, France

    Nicolas Mongardon, Virginie Lemiale & Alain Cariou

  2. Medical School, Paris Descartes University, 15 rue de l’Ecole de Médecine, 75270, Paris Cedex 06, France

    Nicolas Mongardon, Virginie Lemiale & Alain Cariou

  3. Intensive Care Unit, Versailles Hospital Center, 177 rue de Versailles, 78157, Le Chesnay Cedex, France

    Stéphane Legriel

  4. INSERM U970, Cardiovascular Research Center, European Georges Pompidou Hospital, 56 rue Leblanc, 75015, Paris, France

    Alain Cariou

  5. Service de Réanimation Médicale, Centre Hospitalier Cochin, Saint Vincent de Paul, 27 rue du Faubourg, Saint Jacques, 75014, Paris

    Alain Cariou

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Mongardon, N., Legriel, S., Lemiale, V. et al. Prediction of Neurological Outcome After Cardiac Arrest: Is Serum Procalcitonin the Future?. Neurocrit Care 13, 159–160 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12028-010-9367-9

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